DeWanna Bonner scored eight of her season-high 34 points in overtime and the defending champion Phoenix Mercury rallied to beat the Chicago Sky 89-87 on Tuesday night in their first meeting since last year’s WNBA Finals.

A tiny stream of sunlight filtered through the roof of the uncharacteristically cold gym. An organic spotlight. The basketball court was vacant that day. That’s how I prefer it. It doesn’t matter where the court is — inside or outside, high-end or low-end — it’s a spiritual, almost otherworldly place. But a silent, inaudible gym? […]